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CVE-2017-9806

libreoffice: Out-of-bounds write in the WW8Fonts::WW8Fonts functionality

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · October 26, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

A vulnerability in the OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser before 4.1.4, and specifically in the WW8Fonts Constructor, allows attackers to craft malicious documents that cause denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write